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[Photography - India]
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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- His Excellency the Viceroy's Shooting Tour, Nepal, Tarai, April 1901. Mhow, Central India: Herzog & Higgins, [c. 1901]
- Paper, ink, leather
Oblong folio (19 3/4 x 14 1/2 in.; 502 x 367 mm). 120 albumen photographs (from 3 3/8 x 1 3/8 in.; 86 x 35 mm to 11 1/4 x 8 3/8 in.; 286 x 213 mm) by Herzog and Higgins, mounted on heavy card; some fading or toning to a few images, staining and wormholes affecting card, but only one image, occasional foxing, corners rubbed with some loss. Half black morocco over textured green cloth, titles and text stamped in gilt on upper cover, lower cover with central gilt arabesque, gilt dentelles to morocco, spine rebacked; some staining to covers, edges rubbed with some fraying.
Catalogue Note
LORD CURZON'S HUNTING TRIP IN NEPAL WITH THE KING, including a full length formal portrait of the king of Nepal, Lord Curzon and his party, the camp, and images of the hunting party on elephants, a formal meal, hunting scenes and groups with tigers, etc.